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Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Houston on Friday for a marketing campaign rally, a shock go to that comes within the closing weeks of a marketing campaign by which she has largely centered her efforts on different states seen as extra aggressive.
The go to marks Harris’ first journey to Texas since she formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination greater than two months in the past. Public polling has persistently proven Harris trailing Republican nominee Donald Trump by a number of proportion factors in Texas, which no Democratic presidential nominee has carried since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
In 2020, Trump defeated Democrat Joe Biden in Texas by 5.6 proportion factors, the narrowest margin for a GOP nominee since 1996.
The placement of Harris’ rally has but to be introduced. It’s slated to happen sooner or later between 3 and eight p.m. Friday, in keeping with a Democratic Nationwide Committee occasion web page.
Harris’ go to indicators nationwide Democrats’ renewed curiosity within the race between Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and his Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred of Dallas. Although Cruz stays favored, the competition is seen as one in every of Democrats’ few viable choices to choose up a seat within the higher chamber, and an Allred win could be crucial to Harris’ hopes of working with a Democratic Senate majority ought to she win in November.
Cruz leads Allred by a median of about 4 proportion factors, in keeping with FiveThirtyEight’s rolling common of latest public polls.
Early voting started Monday and is ready to proceed by way of Nov. 1. Election Day is Nov. 5.
Harris final visited Texas on Aug. 1 to ship the eulogy at a funeral service for Sheila Jackson Lee, the longtime Houston congresswoman who died earlier this yr amid a battle with pancreatic most cancers. Harris additionally visited Texas twice in July: She delivered a speech in Dallas on the annual conference of the traditionally Black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, and he or she visited Houston for a briefing on Hurricane Beryl restoration and to handle the American Federation of Academics’ nationwide conference.
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Voting FAQ: 2024 Elections
When is the subsequent election? What dates do I have to know?
Election Day for the final election is November 5, and early voting will run from Oct. 21 to Nov. 1. The deadline to register to vote and/or change your voter registration tackle is Oct. 7. Functions to vote by mail should be obtained by your county of residence – not postmarked – by Oct. 25.
What’s on the poll for the final election?
Along with the president, eligible Texans have the chance to forged their ballots for a lot of Texas officers working for workplace on the federal, state and native ranges.
This contains representatives within the U.S. and Texas homes and the next elected places of work:
-1 U.S Senator (Ted Cruz)
– 1 of three Railroad Commissioners
– 15 State Senators
– 7 State Board of Schooling members
– 3 members of the Texas Supreme Court docket
– 3 members of the Texas Court docket of Legal Appeals
– 5 Chief Justices and numerous justices for Texas Courts of Appeals
Decrease-level judges and native county places of work can even seem on the poll:
– Numerous district judges, together with on prison and household courts
You should be registered to vote in a Texas county by Oct. 7 to vote within the Nov. 5 presidential election. You possibly can nonetheless register for different elections.
For those who’re registered however didn’t replace your tackle by the deadline, you should still be capable of vote at your earlier voting location or on a restricted poll. (Voters are usually assigned precincts based mostly on the place they stay. In most main counties, voters can vote anyplace on Election Day, however some counties require you vote inside your precinct. If that’s the case, you’ll have to return to your earlier precinct. See which counties permit countywide Election Day voting right here. You possibly can often discover your precinct listed in your voter registration certificates or on when checking your registration on-line.)
For those who moved from one county to a different, you could possibly vote on a poll restricted to the elections you’ll qualify to vote in at each areas, resembling statewide races. Nonetheless, restricted ballots are solely accessible throughout early voting. Discover your county election official right here and call them to ask about or request a restricted poll.
